Noun

usage: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

2. zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher, digit, figure

usage: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

3. zero, zero point, numerical quantity

usage: the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured

4. zero, sight setting

usage: the sight setting that will cause a projectile to hit the center of the target with no wind blowing

Verb

1. zero, adjust, set, correct

usage: adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

2. zero, zero in, adjust, set, correct

usage: adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"

Adjective

1. zero, 0, cardinal (vs. ordinal)

usage: indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"

2. zero(prenominal), no(prenominal) (vs. all) (vs. some)

usage: having no measurable or otherwise determinable value; "the goal is zero population growth"

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